The
Received
Character
(RC)
Silo
is
a first-in, first-
out
storage buffer with a capacity
of
128
characters.
When a character is received by the
DVII
and
the
RC Silo
is
empty (usual condition), the
character
propagates to the bottom
of
the
RC
Silo. The Micro-
processor then inspects the character code
to
com-
pute the core memory address
of
the control byte for
that
character. A Non-Processor Request
(NPR)
instruction
is
issued
by
the l\tficroprocessor
to
fetch
the control byte, which is then interpreted.
In most cases, the control byte will specify character
storage,
and
the character will be transferred from
the bottom
of
the
RC
Silo to core memory via
an
NPR
transfer. Should the control byte identify the
character as an interrupt character, the character will
be propagated into the Receiver
Interrupt
Character
(RIC) register for further attention,
and
the
PDP-ll
program will be signalled via an interrupt. The
RICr-
egister is used to display interrupt characters
to
the
PDP-II
program, along with the line
number
and
any
error
flags.
Processing instructions for the character in the
RIC
register are sent to the Microprocessor by the
PDP-II
program
The
RC Silo continues
to
accumulate
received characters while waiting for the
PO
P-II
pro-
gram
to
complete its response to the interrupt; how-
ever, inspection and storage
of
any additional
characters from the
RC
Silo
to
PDP-II
core memory
by the Microprocessor is inhibited.
(The
Micro-
processor continues
to
perform
data
transmission
tasks.)
NPR
Control
is
used by the Microprocessor
to
access
core memory, to store received characters, fetch
char-
acters for transmission,
and
fetch control bytes
to
direct character processing. Table addresses in core
memory are stored in the
Random
Access
Memory
(RAM)
for character storage
and
retrieval,
and
byte
counts for controlling the quantity
of
data
trans-
ferred.
The
RAM also contains registers for
con-
trolling protocol functions for each
data
line.
Character transmission
is
similar
to
the reception
process
just
described. When
the
Master
Scanner
finds a transmitter flag, the Microprocessor uses
N
PR Control
to
fetch the next character for
that
line
from core memory, it then uses the character
code
to
compute the address
of
the corresponding control
byte,
and
does an
NPR
to fetch the control byte. The
Microprocessor responds as directed by the control
byte and then loads the character into the transmitter
for transmission.
1-3
1.2.2 Reference Documents
Table
1-1
contains a list
of
pertinent documents, i.e.,
documents covering concepts
and
systems peculiar
to
the DV
II,
plus documents covering
equipment
with
which the
DVII
interfaces.
1.3
PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTION
The
DVII
Communications MUltiplexer
is
housed in
a 9-slot, double system unit
and
includeS a separate
rack-mounted distribution panel for each
group
of
eight modems in a system. Figure
1-2
shows a
DVII
system for supporting eight lines
or
modems.
Other
configurations
are
discussed in
Chapter
2.
1.3.1 General Specifications
Enfironment
Temperature: 10° to 50° C
Humidity: 0 to 90% non-condensing
Power Requirements
A
DVII
system with
16
synchronous lines:
t7.5A@+5V
1.0
A @
-15
V
O.5A@+15V
A
DVII
system with
16
asynchronous lines:
20.5 A @
+5
V
1.0A@-15V
0.6 A @
+15
V
A
DVII
with 8 synchronous
and
8 asynchro-
nous lines:
19.0 A @
+5
V
1.0 A @
-15
V
0.55 A @
+15
V
Character Length
5,
6, 7,
or
8 bits
Internal Baud Rates Profided
Synchronous (via switch settings):
1200, 2400, 4800, 9600
Asynchronous (via
PDP-II
program):
50,75,
110, 134.5,
150,300,600,
1200,
1800, 2000, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600,
38,400
Operating Modes
Full-
or
Half-Duplex